Brussels stalls on plans to ban high-power kettles and toasters over fears of further upsetting British voters ahead of June 23 vote<p>Brussels is temporarily pulling the plug on plans to ban high-powered kettles and toasters in order to avoid giving anti-EU campaigners fresh ammunition in the …

Defence minister promises inquiry into information leak as French contingent said to be operating from Benghazi airport<p>Sources in Libya say French special forces are among those working against Islamic State in the country. A small French detachment has been operating from Benghazi’s Benina …

Air strikes and low oil price have led to emergency mesaures, according to dissidents, who say inflation is soaring<p>Faced with a cash shortage in its self-declared caliphate, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has slashed salaries, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market …

Australia's prime minister has warned that resettling refugees in neighbouring New Zealand instead of deporting them to offshore detention centres could encourage more asylum seekers to try to reach Australia by boat.<p>The plight of 267 asylum seekers facing deportation from Australia to the Pacific …

A businessman accused of commissioning and selling $33 million in high-priced fake art can be extradited to face charges in the United States, Spain's National Court ruled Tuesday.<p>Jesus Angel Bergantinos Diaz is indicted in New York on federal charges of being part of a group that created fake art …

Food and medicine packages being provided to starving civilians in seven besieged locations, including Madaya and Zabadani<p>Aid convoys loaded with food and medicine to relieve starving civilians have entered five besieged areas in Syria, the government of Bashar al-Assad has said.<p>The convoys, …

Sepp Blatter always envisaged leaving FIFA through the grand front door, cheered to the rafters and smiling at his obsequious and grateful loyal servants while clenching his fists high in both appreciation and acknowledgement.<p>By contract, it was silently and through a back door that he slipped out …